Are you ready for this one? .....I built this cannon for no other reason than that I am a big Civil War buff and had visited almost every major battlefield there is. This is a replica of the 1857 Bronze Napoleon 12 pdr. This cannon was used extensively throughout the Civil War and of course it fired a 12 lb cannon ball.For your information - the barrel is 6 ft long and each wheel weighs 95 lbs a piece.

Linnybelle,I have been on many a field when cannons were being fired - Civil War Reenactments - and you could literally feel the ground tremble under your feet when those old iron soldiers went off. What a blast!chek